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what are your symptoms from Osteoporosis ?
Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: Mar 17 4:54pm | Replies (17)Comment receiving replies
@SusanEllen66 According to my now-retired long-time PCP, High Blood Pressure has often been referred to as "the silent killer" because there are often no apparent symptoms until you have a heart attack or stroke.
She said Osteoporosis ought to be called "the silent crippler" because there are no symptoms until a fracture or your spine begins to collapse. That is why she was always insistent that all of her female patients, and some males, get routine DEXA scans. Not necessarily annually - in my case, at 73, with no osteopenia, mine are every 3 years. My younger sister has osteopenia so hers are every year (our grandmother, aunt and several cousins all have or had severe osteoporosis.)
How are you dealing with your osteoporosis?
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How are you dealing…?
I am advised to have DEXA scans every other year. I’m 75 and have done so for decades.
My sister does none. Neither of us has fallen. Our mom fell a few times and never broke anything. We wonder if genes are a factor for us.
It is useful to note that DEXA numbers can indicate osteopenia as well as somewhat of a warning.
My numbers went from osteopenia to normal on Evista plus calcium and Vitamin D.
I’ve stopped the Evista until the next DEXA in a year. If I’m not at normal numbers I’ll go back to Evista again.
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I take calcium daily, and get a shot of Prolia twice a year.
In 2006 I was diagnosed with Hypercalcemia. I had a tumor on a parathyroid gland. My blood calcium levels went high and made me sick. Surgery got rid of the tumor but I was left with a kidney stone, and osteoporosis.